Topic: Scott put his moms site back up.

[JMM]

A bump  

[TheShadow]

 Another bump.    

[JMM]

Shadow, as you know I went off at the Home Depot in Chihuahua (good thing I did not get arrested) as they have people who do NOT work for Home Depot working the parking lot, wanting to help you load things for some pesos at the last minute. I do not blame them but anyone that is a stranger and gets near me makes me very anxious. Anyways, I got on Home Depot's website to complain since they do not have that BS in the USA stores, and they have a charity section on their homepage. Perhaps you or Scott could take a few moment's and write them explaining the situation and ask if they could help a little bit?

If they need a list of customers who want them to help out, I'll be glad to put my name on it, as I shop Home Depot, Lowe's, Sears, and it's only fair that they contribute a little back to the Americans that support their companies and give Americans jobs! Besides, I got receipts to prove I shop at Home Depot!  

[TheShadow]

 Interesting idea. I hadnt heard of that before. Although Sears and Lowes are two of the companies my aunt is trying to pay off. I'll look and see what's involved. Thanks Jack.    

[TheShadow]

 Ok guys, Im looking for a little feedback on an idea Ive had. Ive been looking into "cyberbegging" to get a better handle on how I could help Scott and his mom out. Ive noticed on alot of these sites that they have a "store". Usually this is set up at cafepress.com, but when I looked into their pricing, the "store owner" makes little if anything off of the merchandise. Now back along time ago, when I made extra money working flea markets, I had sources for tons of merchandise. Everything from high-end stereo equipment and electronics to novelty gadgets like radiometers.

What do you guys think the chances of success are? I know there are alot of sites selling electronics at cheap prices, but I have access to a large array of items. I can even get a PONG like game kit like the ones we played with as kids. Think the general public would be interested?  

[Sirgod]

I'd be willing to help market the site if that's what your asking. I could spread it around to a few friends etc...

It would be kinda neat to get a Pong kit or something like that.

Stephen

[TheShadow]

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I'd be willing to help market the site if that's what your asking. I could spread it around to a few friends etc...

It would be kinda neat to get a Pong kit or something like that.

Stephen  

 Thanks Stephen. Thats sorta what I was asking, but I also wanted to know what people on here thought about the chances of its sucess. I know alot of people on here buy and sell online. Do ya'll think there is a market for items like we played with as kids? Things like:

Burp guns- Air pumped "rifle" that shoots ping-pong balls
Robot kits
Radiometer- The little glass ball with a fan inside painted black and white that turns when exposed to the sun
Transistor and diode radio kits
Childrens chemistry sets
The little drinking bird that is filled with red liquid
Growing brains- Drop it in water and it grows to the size of a human brain. Give it to the Dem or Rep in your life
etc etc  

[Sirgod]

Hehe, a few of those I would Diff. Go for . I used to love those little radio kits, Chemistry sets, etc. and alot of us have young children in the house, so I'd say It was a good Venture.

Stephen

[TheShadow]

 Cool! Thats one thumbsup.      

[JMM]

There are many employed people on these forums, and they work for companies. People drink coke and other stuff all the time. So... If they do not want to donate to anyone on the forums, or can't due to financial reasons, why not get cardboard boxes and encourage management to get the employees to put their soda cans and such in the boxes so that the aluminum may be sold to a recycling company?

Many of you on the forums drink beer, how about getting a waste can and crushing your old beer cans and putting them into the waste can until it's full and then sell the aluminum and help others out?

One thing you could do Shadow is get with Sethan, he knows about setting up businesses and stuff and getting everything legit. Set up a charity organization, that way all the donations (up to a certain percentage) are a tax write off for companies and people alike?

Here in Mexico I do as the Germans do, I have a waste can for aluminum and tin and steel, I have another for cardboard, and I have one for plastics (yes people, plastics can be recycled), and I will get one for newspapers as well.

There are over 6k people registered on Taldren, many have moved on, but had we acted collectively, in one month with 5 bucks from each person (a six pack of beer in cost) we could have ended this one person's problem and set her free.

Another option is to all meet in Houston heavily armed with plenty of ammo and invade Halliburton HQ and tell the press that we will hold everyone hostage until Halliburton releases ALL assets to charity and to the people of America.    

[TheShadow]

 Thanks for the advice Jack. Ive been running a sideline business for awhile now. All my paperwork is in order, permits, tax number, etc. Im not telling the Feds anything. Im just going to give the money to Scott and his mom. If the Feds want to know where it came from he can tell them I loaned it to them. I'll tell them I invested the money by loaning it to them.

Have I mentioned how much I dislike the IRS?

Im currently working on building the Store for my aunt's website.    

[JMM]

I would not post stuff like that here, but yes, A LOT of people do sideline work, I even did it while in college working on cars in a full service capability auto tech school. I got away with it because I did a lot of charity jobs as well. I was glad to quit the side jobs at school though as near the end of my studying and working on projects, I did a "side job" on diagnosing (he had work done on his A/C at a shop and a couple of weeks later the compressor seized up from metallic particles from the expansion valve going to crap and releasing metal fragments in to the lines and compressor) and retrofitting a 92 Toyota Previa A/C system (dual A/C is a beech) to R-134A. I thought since most shops would charge darn near 1000-800 dollars I would get a couple of hundred. The old man actually had the nerve to bring me and my class a watermelon!

In case you do not realize the symbolic gesture, I will not go into details. Needless to say I was very, very insulted.

I wish there were more people like you Shadow that did contribute like you do. Unfortuneately America is not big on charity, even though they can write off a certain percentage on their tax forms (even with a receipt for a money order or check stating "charity."

I have a GS-12 friend who is a special investigator for the IRS HQ center in Austin, and even she admits they need reforms. The worse thing is, they catch $250,000 and up cheaters, and they do no time so long as they pay Uncle Sam back. Rich and famous get all the breaks, just like Diana Ross doing 2 days and she was at least twice as intoxicated as I was!    

[TheShadow]

 I understand the symbolism. Id have let him wear the watermelon, or at least gave it back to him so that he would have needed a proctologist (sp?) to take it "off" his "hands".

I know what you mean. Justice goes to those that can afford it.

It just pisses me off to see someone take advantage of another. Especially, when that the person being taken advantage of is the person's mother.    

[TheShadow]

 Here's a question about an item Im thinking of putting on the site. Its a pair of RC tanks. They make gun noises and spin around when one shoots the other. Here's the description:

 

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You thought remote?control cars were fun? Wait until you rev up these remote?control tanks! The 3? tanks (1:102 scale) move left, right, forward and backward, climb over obstacles on rubber treads, and have controllable turrets that swivel left and right. The plastic bodies come in forest and desert camouflage (you get one of each) in U.S. M4, German Panther and German Tiger models. They emulate machine?gun fire with sound and cannon shooting with a recoil; a direct hit with your infra?red beam spins the enemy tank 360°. The tanks have (4) game modes, and instructions for them. Each grenade?look remote has 9 buttons and a 3?channel selector so you can stage battles with up to (3) tanks. We?re selling the tanks in packs of (2) because (2) are exponentially more fun than (1). Each comes with (3) ?AAA? and (4) LR44 batteries, plus an extra set of LR44s, and (13) tiny molded?plastic accessories (soldiers, trees, bunkers, oil drums). Choking hazard for children under three. Xtreme fun for everyone else!
 

 Unfortunately, they cost nearly $70. Would anyone be interested in paying...say...$85-$90 for them?      

[TheShadow]

 Hmmm, no responses. Too much? Honestly, the price is about $70. If you dont believe me I can send Stephen a link to the company that sells them. That way, he can vouch for me. I know everyone trusts him.

If it just sounds like too much for an RC toy, let me know.

Ooops, Theyre $60.00. Would $75-$80 be too much? After shipping, Scott's mom would get about $7-$15.  

[Sirgod]

Sure If you want to send me the link Bro, It's all good.

 My soon to be son-in-law loves those RC cars. I know he would Prob. buy a few of them so we could run them around in my Backyard. I know that alot of his simple parts cost around that price alone, so He'd be interested.

Stephen

EDIT: I saw the link, and those tanks look pretty cool. Heck I' by one formy Nephew If he'd ever get off hisDiaper and mow the lawn.  

[TheShadow]

  I dont think he can reach the handle or pedals yet, can he?    

[Sirgod]

So???

, at one month old he needs to learn a good work ethic.  

stephen

[SL-Punisher]

I have an exellent sideline business selling weapons grade plutonium to militia groups in Montana. Fortunatly they have more money than brains and so far their warhead design is a piece of dynamite strapped to the pluntonium.  

[Sirgod]

 

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 their warhead design is a piece of dynamite strapped to the pluntonium

 

Stephen